McTaggart, an
investigative journalist (What Doctors Don't Tell You),
describes scientific discoveries that she believes point
to a unifying concept of the universe, one that
reconciles mind with matter, classic Newtonian science
with quantum physics and, most importantly, science with
religion.
At issue is the
zero point field, the so-called "dead space" of
microscopic vibrations in outer space as well as within
and between physical objects on earth.
These fields, McTaggart asserts, are a "cobweb of energy
exchange" that link everything in the universe; they
control everything from cellular communication to the
workings of the mind, and they could be harnessed for
unlimited propulsion fuel, levitation, ESP, spiritual
healing and more. Physicists have been aware of the
likelihood of this field for years, McTaggart writes,
but, constrained by orthodoxy, they have ignored its
effects, which she likens to "subtracting out God" from
their equations.
But, McTaggart
asserts, "tiny pockets of quiet rebellion" against
scientific convention are emerging, led by Ed Mitchell,
an Apollo 14 astronaut and founder of the
Institute for Noetic Sciences, an alternative-science think tank. McTaggart writes well and tells a good story, but the
supporting data here is somewhat sketchy.
Until it
materializes, McTaggart may have to settle for being a
voice in the wilderness.
